Carlos Fuentes, one of Latin America's best-known authors and a critic of governments in Mexico and the United States, has died after a literary career spanning more than five decades. He was 83.

Fuentes wrote more than 20 novels and several collections of short stories. His best-known works include "The Death of Artemio Cruz," "The Old Gringo" and "The Crystal Frontier."

Al Jazeera's Lucia Newman reports on the life of the author.